John Cole goes to town on the pundits thrilled down to their pajama bottoms over the Paul Ryan slash and burn tax plan. This is just a sample, re: how these wealthy, Washington-innoculated typewriter commandos can enthuse over lowering the tax rate on millionaires while simultaneously destroying the safety net for middle and lower income people without even the slightest hint of empathy...
3.) They are insulated- Everyone of the people cheerleading the Ryan/GOP plan has the very best medical coverage, and really has no stake in this. Considering they are pundits, and will probably have platinum until the day they die, and Medicare is kind of an afterthought. I know that they get all heated up when you point out that they simply have no stake in this game (except more tax cuts!), but we have a village class of Beltway pundits who really are insulated from what the rest of the country is going through. These issues are abstractions to them, and they are a horrifying reality to everyone else. That’s how you can talk about slashing trillions from other people’s health care coverage while giving out tax cuts to those who don’t need them and can babble about seriousness.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/04/09/id-add-a-couple-things/
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